New Bedford News

On Thursday, as police investigated the fourth New Bedford homicide in less than a month, Standard-Times reporter Curt Brown interviewed witnesses.

New Bedford is celebrating more than just Independence Day as the city welcomes the full-time opening of the Ocean Explorium.

Police are searching for a 17-year-old wanted for the shooting death of a New Bedford woman on Wednesday night.

State and local police are investigating the shooting death of a young woman Wednesday night in New Bedford.

Two area high school graduates have been awarded the Charles J. Lewin Interfaith Scholarship through the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts .

A public meeting on the city's first master plan in three decades will be held at 6:30 tonight at the Buttonwood Park Zoo education center.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - New Bedford Mayor Scott Lang says he plans to seek re-election in the fall, but it would be his final term if elected.

A reputed United Front gang member has been charged with murder in the July 4, 2005, slaying of Dana Haywood in the city's South Central neighborhood.

By Matt Collette, Globe Correspondent A regular customer of a New Bedford convenience store died Sunday night, a day after being shot in the head as he tried to thwart an armed holdup at the shop.

Police say a Massachusetts man ran over a mother duck as she was walking with 12 ducklings in a shopping mall parking lot.

The mother of two city murder suspects has been charged with threatening a witness in their case.

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Police arrested a 27-year-old New Bedford man today and charged him in the fatal shooting of another man Tuesday night at the VFW Hall in New Bedford, the Bristol County district attorney's office and New Bedford police said Adam Pina was charged with murder in the death of 41-year-old Wayne Rice of New Bedford, according to a joint statement from ...

A 41-year-old city man was killed Tuesday night in a shooting at the VFW Hall at 477 Park Street, the district attorney's office has confirmed.

If you've never been part of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, it's hard to truly grasp the fierce determination and spirit of the people who make it happen.

An ad hoc committee has been formed for the purpose of reviewing the New Bedford school system's suspension practices and to make recommendations to the Policy Subcommittee and the School Committee as a whole, to review, revise and update the district and school policies.

The New Bedford Police need the public's help locating a man suspected in a Saturday night shooting.

A male was shot in the North End of the city on Saturday night, according to information heard over the police scanner.

Prosecutors dismissed shooting charges against a city man after a witness invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. That decision led to the dismissal of firearm charges against Vernon T. Carter, 19, of New Bedford, who had been held without bail since a dangerousness hearing in March.

Police say a Massachusetts man ran over a mother duck as she was walking with 12 ducklings in a shopping mall parking lot.